Paper-edge guide for type-writing machines



' No. 752,094. PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

I J. c. MGLAUGHLIN.

PAPER EDGE GUIDE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904;.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. MOLAUGHLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNDERVVOOD TYPEIVRITER COMPANY, OF NEW, YORK, N. Y;, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER-EDGE GUIDE FOR TYPE- WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,094, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed February 5, 1903. Serial No. 141,964. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MoLAUGHLIN, citizen of the United States, residing in the vorough of Manhattan, city, county, and State f New York, have invented certain new and lseful Improvements in Paper -Edge Guides or Type -Writing Machines, of which the folawing is'a specification.

My invention relates to type-writing mahines, and has particular reference to means or guiding the edge of the paper at the point zhere the paper is inserted on the carriage.

The object of my invention is to provide a 'unple and readily-applied paper-edge guide rhich will be. adjustable lengthwise of the laten, so as to fit paper sheets of various 7idl3l1.

The invention will be fully described hereiafter and the features of novelty pointed on 1 the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying rawings, in which' Figure l'is a partial plan of a type-writer arriage provided with my improved paperdge guide. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on no 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an end'view of 1c guide proper looking in the direction of the rrow in Fig. 2.

Aindicates the platen, having a shaft A and knob A and B is part of the carriage-frame ith the paper-shelf C at the rear of the platen. he paper-shelf is usually made with a round pper edge O and generally has cut-out porons C at the ends.

So far. as above described the construction or may be the usual one. T

Upon the paper-shelf O, I mount adjustably 1e paper-edge guides D. These guides have anges D projecting at right angles to their odies D, and in the construction shown they re formed with curved members D which re adapted to fit upon the curved upper end of the paper-shelf. The guides are thus lapted to be slid lengthwise on the upper lge O of the shelf and may thus be adjusted any point of the platen. The particular mstruction shown also enables the guides to ving on the upper edge of the paper-shelf,

so that the guides may be thrown against the shelf, as shown in Fig. 2, or moved toward the platen, if preferred. To securely hold the guides in position after adjustment and to prevent a marring of the paper-shelf by the guides, a lining E, of felt or other suitable materiahis preferably provided within the curved portions D of each guide.

It will be understood that the guides are set so that the distance between the flanges D T will correspond to the width of the paper, and then the sheet of paper is introduced between said flanges, which will thus cause the paper to be properly inserted under the platen.

Whenever paper of a different width is substituted, the adjustment of the guides will be changed. The guides are so proportioned that they may be slipped off thepaper-shelf at the cut-out portions O without disturbing any part of the carriage.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A paper-edge guide for type-writersand the like, comprising a curved member adapted to fit the curved free edge of a paper-shelf, a body member, and afiange extending at about a right angle to said body member and to the axis of the curved member.

2. In a type-writing machine or the like, a carriage having a platen, a paper-shelf with a rounded upper edge, and a paper-guide provided with a rounded portion arranged to fit the upper portion of the paper-shelf slidably and pivotally, the lower portion of said guide being freely movable toward and from the platen and terminating adjacent thereto.

3. In a type-writing machine or the like,-a carriage having a platen, a paper-shelf, and a paper-guide the upper end of which is connected with said shelf pivotally and slidably, the lower portion of said guide being freely movable toward and from the platen and terminating adjacent thereto.

4. In a type-Writing machine or the like, a carriage having a paper-shelf, and twopaperguides each provided with a body member parallel with said paper-shelf and arranged to cover a portion thereof, while leaving the portion of the shelf between said body members uncovered or exposed, the upper ends of said body members being connected with the paper-shelf pivotally and slidably, While the lower portions of said body members are freely movable toward and from said shelf, and each paper-guide being provided with a flange extending at about a right angle to the body member and to the pivot-axis thereof.

5. In a type-writing machine or the like, a carriage having a paper-shelf and two paperguides extending downwardly in front of said shelf from the upper edge thereof, said guide having a sliding engagement with the uppe edge of the shelf and each of them compris ing a body member parallel with the shell and a flange extending at about a right angl to the body member and to the upper edge 0 the shelf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nam to this specification in the presence of two sul scribing witnesses.

JOHN C. MGLAUGHLIN.

I/Vitnesses:

, JOHN LoTKA,

EUGENE EBLE. 

